If You Think Politics And Cricket Are Really Different In India, Think Again!
They say that politics and sports should always be kept separate. This article goes against this saying, but in another way, follows the trend set by our country itself. Cricket and politics are twin...
View ArticleEducation In Bengal Continues To Suffer During The Pandemic. What’s The Reason?
Technology-enabled education and not just online education should be the way forward. Vinayak’s father works in a local biscuit factory in Kanduah, West Bengal. Being the first in his family to go to...
View ArticleIndia Of 2020 Is Not The India Bhagat Singh Envisaged
“Our country is in really bad shape; here are the strangest questions asked, but the foremost among them concerns the untouchables. For instance, would contact with an untouchable mean defilement of an...
View ArticleHow This Initiative Is Ensuring That Clean Water Is No Longer A Privilege!
We join our hands to work and worship. Richly calloused hands working tirelessly to make ends meet. This sacred land that we occupy consists of a million mouths to feed, and a million hands to come out...
View ArticleIn Today’s ‘Mainstream’ Culture, Have We Forgotten Our Folk Heritage?
It is certainly dampening to take note that with the development of quickly dispensable mainstream society, it has become more of adversity to retain our native heritage and forgotten folk culture. A...
View ArticleThis Professor’s Experience Clearly Proves How Casteist Our Academic...
Written by Ekabali Ghosh for Dalit Camera In 2012, Maroona Murmu received her doctorate from the prestigious Centre for Historical Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University. Dr Murmu’s road to the PhD...
View ArticleSensex, Stock Markets, And Supply Chains Have Been Hit By COVID-19. What Next?
Viruses are microscopic parasites, much smaller than bacteria, yet they have always been the greatest threat to mankind since time immemorial. We have been fighting against several types of...
View ArticleWhat Does Amartya Sen’s View On Global Poverty And Entitlement Teach Us?
Poverty is a major problem in human society. As M K Gandhi said, poverty is a worse form of violence. In 1971, Indira Gandhi gave the slogan ‘ Garibi Hatao’ , yet, India is amongst the poorest of...
View ArticleA Manifesto For Tribal Welfare In Tamil Nadu: What Is Happening And What...
Translated from Tamil by Nisha Felicita In a world plagued with capitalism, consumerism and industrialization, there are tribal communities across the world still relying on public and forest...
View ArticleIs Globalisation A Bane Or A Boon To India’s Healthcare Sector?
The success of a socio-economic transformation in any country should be evaluated in terms of benefits and opportunities made available to an ordinary individual. For an individual, a healthy and...
View Article“Education Is Stronger Than Any Armour Or Weapon, It Holds The Power To Change”
“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” The above quote was rightly said by the Greek philosopher Aristotle. Students all over the world whine about the amount of homework they...
View ArticleAre We Ready To Talk About The Mental Health Crisis In Kashmir?
A mental health survey was conducted in 2015 in Kashmir by Doctors without Borders (MSF) in collaboration with the Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS), Srinagar. The study revealed...
View ArticleNo Official Data On People With Deafblindness In India, Will Census 2021...
By Shrutilata Singh, Advocacy Officer, Sense International India You must have heard about Hellen Keller, but have you ever wondered if our country also has people like her? Well, the answer is yes! I,...
View ArticleHow The Manusmriti, And Not The Vedas, Informs Us About Impurity Of Menstruation
Menstruation In Scriptures And Religious Texts Menstruation is a commonly debated and discussed topic in the contours of religion, particularly regarding its depiction in scriptures and ancient texts....
View Article“Free COVID-19 Vaccines, If Voted To Power”: Politics Over Public Health For...
As soon as #COVID19 vaccine will be available for production at a mass scale, every person in Bihar will get free vaccination. This is the first promise mentioned in our poll manifesto: Union Minister...
View ArticleKangana Ranaut: A Masterclass In Non-Intersectional (And Non-Existent) Feminism
In the aftermath of actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s tragic demise, one actress has captured the nation’s imagination like few others ever have. From leading the unsubstantiated witch hunt against Rhea...
View Article“Nerd”, “That’s Gay”: What Can We Do When Schools End Up Enabling Stereotypes?
By Bula Kalra Stereotypes are ‘camouflaged’ in our daily life in such a manner that we often fail to recognize it’s presence. They have become so prevalent and normalized that people have adapted their...
View ArticleWhy Are Unsafe Abortions Still So Common In India?
Unsafe abortions have devastating effects on women’s health. Every year around 42 million women with unintended pregnancies choose abortion. Nearly half of these procedures that about 20 million...
View ArticleShould Indian Brands Be ‘Apolitical’?
“Should Indian brands openly talk about the political and social issues plaguing our country or remain ‘apolitical’?” In a time where everything we do has political ramifications, the illusion of being...
View Article“Will You Write Pro-BJP If We Ask You To?”
I came face to face with this question a few days back. I have many reasons to not like the BJP, reasons which are big enough for me to hate it with every ounce of blood that I have. But what I did not...
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